EP1570086B1 - Test quantitatif des pathogenes bacteriens - Google Patents

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EP1570086B1
EP1570086B1 EP03812827A EP03812827A EP1570086B1 EP 1570086 B1 EP1570086 B1 EP 1570086B1 EP 03812827 A EP03812827 A EP 03812827A EP 03812827 A EP03812827 A EP 03812827A EP 1570086 B1 EP1570086 B1 EP 1570086B1
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  • the invention relates to the technical field of detecting pathogenic microbial organisms. More specifically, the invention relates to the field of discriminating an infection in a clinical specimen from background by means of quantitatively amplifying specific nucleic acid sequences from said pathogenic microbial organism.
  • pathogenic bacteria in particular if causing sepsis, is predominantly occurring and serious in intensive care units (ICU) of hospitals.
  • ICU intensive care units
  • the bacterium infecting the patient is in most cases unknown and cannot be determined from the symptoms.
  • Each bacterium requires a different therapy using administration of a specific antibiotic.
  • pathogenic bacteria particularly Gram positive bacteria, are detected using a method including subjecting a sample of blood or other body fluid to culture to grow the bacteria, if present. This culture is maintained at conditions favouring bacterial growth for about three days. During this time, the number of bacteria and thus their nucleic acids is increased. Thereafter, the culture medium is subjected to lysis. The lysis mixture is used as the sample for hybridization reaction.
  • the overall method takes around four days minimum until clarity on any infection of the sample by pathogenic bacteria is reached. Infection by pathogenic bacteria is very serious for the infected person.
  • a therapy preferably by administration of an antibiotic suitable to affect the particular infecting bacterium has to be started. Otherwise, the person is too heavily affected by the infection and may die before clarity on the infection is reached.
  • administration of several antibiotics simultaneously to prevent grow of all possible bacteria has to be avoided to not weaken the patient. The present methods thus are not satisfactory for routine ICU diagnostics.
  • EP 0 131 052 discloses methods and probes wherein ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) sequences of a certain species or a certain group of organisms are detected directly from culture media. Detection of ribosomal target sequences is especially useful due to the fact that these sequences are amplified in-vivo, resulting in high sensitivity of the respective assay.
  • rRNA ribosomal ribonucleic acid
  • WO 97/07238 discloses a method using generic primers for amplifying all types of fungal ribosomal 18S rDNA sequences and subsequently hybridizing with fungi species specific probes.
  • non-coding but transcribed ribosomal spacer DNA sequences like the ITS-1 region located between the 16S and the 23S rRNA genes have been used for detection and identication of several pathogenic organisms (see, for example, EP 0 452 596 ).
  • the groups of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria have been discriminated by means of a target-dependent amplification comparable to an allele specific amplification approach ( Klausegger, A., et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 37 (1999) 464-466 ).
  • the species investigated by Klausegger et al. differ at a given position of the 16S rRNA gene in that all investigated Gram negative bacteria contain a G-residue at a certain nucleotide position whereas all investigated Gram positive bacteria always contain a C-residue at said nucleotide position. Consequently, usage of appropriate primers having either a discriminating complementary 3'-terminal C-residue or a complementary G-residue, respectively, results in DNA amplification of either Gram positive or Gram negative sequence origin.
  • thermocyclers having additional detection means for monitoring fluorescence signals during the amplification reaction.
  • a typical example is Roche Diagnostics LightCyclerTM (Cat. No. 2 0110468).
  • LightCyclerTM as well as in other Real Time PCR instruments commercially available so far, amplification products are detected by means of fluorescently labeled hybridization probes which only emit fluorescence signals when they are bound to the target nucleic acid or in certain cases also by means of fluorescent dyes that bind to double-stranded DNA.
  • a defined signal threshold is determined for all reactions to be analyzed and the number of cycles (Cp) required to reach this threshold value is determined for the target nucleic acid as well as for the reference nucleic acids such as a standard or housekeeping gene.
  • the absolute or relative copy numbers of the target molecule can be determined on the basis of the Cp values obtained for the target nucleic acid and the reference nucleic acid (Roche Diagnostics LightCycletTM operator manual(Cat. No. 2 0110468)).
  • double-stranded DNA specific dyes may be used, which upon excitation with an appropriate wavelength show enhanced fluorescence only if they are bound to double-stranded DNA.
  • Such method is described in EP 0 512 334 .
  • only those dyes are used, like for example SYBR® Green I, which do not affect the efficiency of the PCR reaction.
  • a single-stranded hybridization probe is labeled with two components.
  • the first component the so-called fluorescer
  • the second component the so-called quencher
  • the hybridization probe binds to the target DNA and is degraded by the 5'-3'-exonuclease activity of the polymerase, for example Taq Polymerase, during the elongation phase.
  • the excited fluorescent component and the quencher are spatially separated from one another and thus a fluorescence emission of the first component can be measured ( EP 0 543 942 and US 5,210,015 ).
  • hybridization probes are also labeled with a first component and with a quencher, the labels preferably being located at different ends of an at least partially self-complementary probe.
  • both components are in spatial vicinity in solution.
  • After hybridization to the target nucleic acids both components are separated from one another such that after excitation with light of a suitable wavelength the fluorescence emission of the first component can be measured ( US 5,118,801 ).
  • the Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) hybridization probe test format is especially useful for all kinds of homogenous hybridization assays ( Matthews, J.A., and Kricka, L.J., Anal. Biochem. 169 (1988) 1-25 ). It is characterized by two single-stranded hybridization probes which are used simultaneously and are complementary to adjacent sites of the same strand of an (amplified) target nucleic acid. Both probes are labeled with different fluorescent components. When excited with light of a suitable wavelength, a first component transfers the absorbed energy to the second component according to the principle of fluorescence resonance energy transfer such that a fluorescence emission of the second component can be measured only when both hybridization probes bind to adjacent positions of the target molecule to be detected.
  • FRET Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • the hybridization probes When annealed to the target sequence, the hybridization probes must be located very close to each other, in a head to tail arrangement. Usually, the gap between the labeled 3' end of the first probe and the labeled 5' end or the second probe is as small as possible, i.e. 1-5 bases. This allows for a close vicinity of the FRET donor compound and the FRET acceptor compound, which is typically 10-100 Angstrom. Particulars are well known and disclosed for example in EP 0 070 687 .
  • the FRET hybridization probe format may be used in real time PCR, in order to detect the amplified target DNA.
  • the FRET-hybridization probe format has been proven to be highly sensitive, exact and reliable ( WO 97/46707 ; WO 97/46712 ; WO 97/46714 ).
  • the design of appropriate FRET hybridization probe sequences may sometimes be limited by the special characteristics of the target nucleic acid sequence to be detected.
  • FRET hybridization probes can also be used for melting curve analysis ( WO 97/46707 ; WO 97/46712 ; WO 97/46714 ).
  • the target nucleic acid is amplified first in a typical PCR reaction with suitable amplification primers
  • the hybridization probes may already be present during the amplification reaction or be added subsequently.
  • the temperature of the sample is constitutively increased. Fluorescence is detected as long as the hybridization probe is bound to the target DNA.
  • the hybridization probe is released from their target, and the fluorescent signal is decreasing immediately down to the background level. This decrease is monitored with an appropriate fluorescence versus temperature-time plot such that the negative of a first derivative function can be calculated.
  • the temperature value corresponding to the obtained maximum of such a function is then taken as the determined melting temperature of said pair of FRET hybridization probes.
  • Point mutations or polymorphisms within the target nucleic acid result in a less then 100% complementarity between the target nucleic acid and the FRET probes, thus resulting in a decreased melting temperature.
  • This enables for a common detection of a pool of sequence variants by means of FRET-Hybprobe hybridization, whereas subsequently, different members of said pool may become discriminated by means of performing melting curve analysis.
  • FRET hybrdization probes Molecular Beacons may alternatively be used for melting curve analysis.
  • Hybridization probes may be used in such a way that the melting temperature of the probe/target nucleic acid hybrid is being determined.
  • Espy, M.J., et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 38 (2000) 795-799 disclose diagnosis of Herpes simplex infections by means of amplifying a Herpes simplex sequence and subsequent analysis using FRET hybridization probes to discriminate between the HSV Type I and the HSV Type II genotype.
  • WO 01/48237 suggests in general the connection of amplification and temperature dependent hybridization in order to detect different pathogenic species. Yet, WO 01/48237 does not teach any methods or conditions which enable for an exclusive detection of pathogenic organisms, but to not detect any non pathogenic organism.
  • WO03/002766 is concerned with quantitative a real time PCR method for the detection of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, wherein a first and a second cutoff value are used for classification of the obtained data.
  • the present invention is directed to a method for analyzing the presence of a bacterial pathogen in a clinical sample comprising the steps of
  • the step of quantifying the amount of said nucleic acid is performed by means of a Polymerase Chain Reaction which is monitored in real time.
  • Monitoring of a Polymerase Chain Reaction in real time is performed by means of an approriate hybridization probe.
  • said temperature dependence is indicative for the presence of a group of predetermined species of said bacterial pathogen.
  • the specific bacterial pathogen to be detected is selected from a group consisting of Coagulase negative Staphylococci and Enterococci.
  • the determined amount of nucleic acid comprising a preselected sequence which is specific for said bacterial pathogen is indicative for a sepsis event if it exceeds said preselected cut off value.
  • the method according to the new invention is applicable for a variety of clinical samples, which are preferably body fluids. Highly prefered as a clinical sample is whole blood.
  • the present invention provides methods and compounds especially suitable for the definitive diagnosis of a pathogenic infection, in particular of an infection of of Gram positive bacteria Especially when combined with Real Time PCR technology such as LightCycler TM system, the present invention enables for a rapid and definitve diagnosis of an infectious agent causing sepsis, which is of outstanding importance in many clinical environments.
  • the present invention is directed to a method for analyzing the presence of a bacterial pathogen in a clinical sample comprising the steps of claim 1
  • the inventive method allows for a convenient, one step differentiation between an actual pathogenic infection and a putative contamination.
  • the quantitative data obtained are divided into two classes.
  • One class of data exceeding said cut off value for the amount of nucleic acid that is being quantitatively detected is clearly indicative for a pathogenic infection.
  • the second class of data which remain under said cut off value is indicative for the absence or non confirmation of a pathogenic infection.
  • cut off value is further defined as a value which can clearly higher and can be discriminated from values due to background signaling caused by the intrinsic characteristics of the detection principle, which are also obtained in the absence of any bacterial contamination in the sample.
  • Predetermination of an appropriate cut off value depends on the mode of quantification that has been chosen and can be done by a person skilled in the art.
  • quantitative data obtainable from a large number of clinical samples from patients that have been proven to suffer from a systemic infection of a bacterial pathogen are compared with quantitative data from a large number of samples from individuals that have been proven to be free of any pathogenic infection.
  • the optimal cut off value is then set in such a way that the numbers of false positive and false negative results are minimized.
  • the second class of quantitative data is subdivided into two subclasses by means of setting a second cut off value. Under these conditions, one class of data remaining under said second cut off value is clearly indicative for the absence of a pathogenic infection, the second class of data exceeding said second cut off value but remaining under said first cut off value represents those cases, where a pathogenic infection is not confirmed but on the other hand can also not be excluded.
  • Quantification of the amount of nucleic acid comprising a predetermined sequence is done by means of a Polymerase Chain Reaction which is monitored in real time.
  • the ratio of a certain target nucleic is determined relative to the amount of a reference nucleic acid which is assumed to be present in all samples with the same quantity.
  • the absolute amount of a certain nucleic acid can be determined with the aid of standard nucleic acids of a known copy number and amplification of a corresponding dilution series of this standard nucleic acid.
  • the standard and target nucleic acid are amplified in separate reaction vessels.
  • a standard can be used with an identical sequence to the target nucleic acid.
  • systematic errors can occur in this type of quantification if the nucleic acid preparation to be analysed contains inhibitory components which impair the efficiency of the subsequent PCR reaction.
  • Such errors can be excluded by using internal standards i.e. by amplifying the standard and target nucleic acid in one reaction vessel.
  • a disadvantage of this method is that standards have to be used that have different sequences compared to the target nucleic acid to be analysed in order to be able to distinguish between the amplification of the standard and target nucleic acid. This can in turn lead to a systematic error if the amplification or detection efficiency is different.
  • a defined signal threshold is determined for all reactions to be analysed and the number of cycles (Cp) required to reach this threshold value is determined for the target nucleic acid as well as for the reference nucleic acids.
  • the absolute or relative copy numbers of the target molecule can be determined on the basis of the Cp values obtained for the target nucleic acid and the reference nucleic acid ( Gibson, U.E., et al., Genome Res. 6 (1996) 995-1001 ; Bieche, I., et al., Cancer Res. 59 (1999) 2759-2765 ; WO 97/46707 ; WO 97/46712 ; WO 97/46714 ).
  • analyzing the presence of a bacterial pathogen is used to describe a method to determine the abundance of a predetermined group of pathogenic bacteria in the sample.
  • the quantitative output or result of the analysis is an absolute or relative value of the concentration of a nucleic acid sequence, which is specific for said pathogen. This will allow subsequently for a discrimination between background signaling due to contamination effects and real pathogenic infections and thius enable for a decision on whether to apply a selective antibiotic therapy.
  • predetermined group of pathogenic bacteria is used to describe a predefined group of pathogenic bacteria which are of interest for a particular task. Said predetermined group of bacteria is a genus.
  • the bacterial pathogens to become detected are pathogenic gram positive bacteria such as for example but not limited to Coagulase negative Staphylococci or any kind of pathogenic Enterococci.
  • Gram positive bacteria to become detected by the present invention may be either one, several or all of the following species: Streptococcus preumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus viridans group (S. mitis, S. mutans and S. bovis), Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureaus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus.
  • the determined amount of nucleic acid comprising a preselected sequence which is specific for said bacterial pathogen is indicative for a sepsis event.
  • sepsis events are systemic infectious diseases of the blood vessel system, which have a severe impact on the health status of the patient.
  • pre-selected nucleic acid sequence shall mean a distinct target nucleic acid region present in all organisms intended to be amplified and detected. Depending on the embodiment, there may exist some sequence variations between the sequences of different organisms. In other words, it is always the same gene or the same homologous sequence of each organism, which is amplified.
  • An example of such a region is the 16S/23S rDNA spacer region, i.e. the region between the sequences coding for the 16S and the 23S rRNA, or a part thereof. More preferably, the preselected nucleic acid sequence region contains at least 20, even more preferred more than 40 contiguous nucleobases from the 16S/23S spacer region of the organisms to be amplified. This region contains evolutionary conserved as well as hypervariable sequences, which allow for a flexible design of both, genus and species specific primers and probe. The region is contained within the region defined by the primer binding sites on the nucleic acid.
  • the term "specific" is used to describe the characteristic of a subject (for example in methods, steps or reagents) that the subject is directed to only a particular and defined result. For example, a method for the detection of a particular species is considered to be specific, if only this species, but not other species are detected. Specific hybridization of a probe with a target is a hybridization which only occurs between the probe and the target, but not with other nucleic acids.
  • the overall method of the present invention is preferably substantially specific regarding the identification and quantification of the organism. Organisms not being a member of the predetermined group are not identified, because the steps performed with the reagents are adjusted to not detect and quantify organisms not belonging to that group.
  • the step of quantifying the amount of said nucleic acid is performed by means of a Polymerase Chain Reaction.
  • amplification shall mean a reaction or a series of reactions that amplifies, a target sequence - if present in the clinical specimen - by means of using a set of amplification primers usually consisting of a forward and reverse primers for a nucleic acid amplification reaction from a specimen containing DNA.
  • the specificity of said amplification depends upon the group selected and is governed by the specificity of the primers used.
  • amplification is obtained by means of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a thermostable DNA polymerase.
  • PCR polymerase chain reaction
  • the amplification is specific for bacteria generally; i.e. viruses are not amplified in substantive amounts.
  • set of amplification primers shall mean at least two (extendable) oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide derivatives, i. e. at least one (forward) primer binding to a first strand of the target nucleic acid and at least a second (reverse) primer binding to the opposite strand of the target nucleic acid sequence to be amplified.
  • the positioning of the primers is designed in such a way that template dependent extension of each primer generates an extension product which itself comprises a primer binding site to which the other primer can hybridize.
  • a pair of two amplification primers consisting of one forward primer and one reverse primer. Yet, in some cases there may exist some minor sequence variants in the sequences of the primer binding sites of different sequences of different pathogenic Gram positive bacteria to be identified. Thus it may be impossible to amplify the sequences of all members by just using one forward and one reverse primer.
  • a set of amplification primers may consist of 1, 2, or more forward primers and/or 1, 2 or more reverse primers, which are similar and bind to homologous sequences, but differ from each other by one, two, three or several mononucleotide-, dinucleotide- or trinucleotide exchanges, deletions, or additions.
  • the design of amplification primers is performed on the basis of available sequence information with regard to the pre-selected target nucleic acid sequence regions of the pathogenic bacteria to be amplified as well as with regard to the homologous sequences of those Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, which shall not be amplified. More precisely, the set or sets of amplification primers are selected in such a way that there is a maximum sequence complementarity with respect to all target nucleic acid sequences of the selected predetermined group of pathogenic bacteril pathogena, and, on the other hand, a minimum sequence complementarity with respect to nucleic acid sequences of all other non-selected Gram positive bacteria and Gram negative bacteria, i.e. those not belonging to the predetermined group or not being pathogenic, as well as fungi.
  • the step of quantifying the amount of said nucleic acid is performed by means of a Polymerase Chain Reaction which is monitored in real time. Monitoring of a Polymerase Chain reaction in real time is performed by means of an approriate hybridization reagent. In this case, it is also possible to monitor temperature dependence of hybridization between the probe and the amplified target nucleic acid. In the context of the present invention, said temperature dependence is indicative for the presence of a predetermined subgroup of said bacterial pathogen.
  • hybridization reagent is used to describe a reagent capable of hybridizing to products of amplification within the preselected nucleic acid sequence region; i.e. on at least one strand of the amplicon(s).
  • the reagent can comprise one or more probes, which preferably are single stranded or are made single stranded prior to hybridization.
  • the reagent is a single stranded nucleic acid hybridization probe system, comprising usually one or two nucleic acids which are capable of hybridizing to one strand of the double stranded amplified target nucleic acid.
  • the hybridization reagent is appropriately labelled with a detectable entity, such that by detection of said label, the amplicon/hybridization-reagent hybrid can be detected.
  • the hybridization reagent is labelled with a fluorescent entity such that hybridization can be detected in commercially available Real Time PCR instruments. Reagents useful for this are disclosed in the documents mentioned above describing the different formats for the detection of amplified DNA.
  • the hybridization reagent in a simple case may be an oligonucleotide probe.
  • the Molecular Beacon Format US 5,118,801
  • it is also possible to use appropriate single labeled oligonucleotides WO 02/14555 ).
  • the hybridization reagent is composed of two adjacently hybridizing oligonucleotides, appropriately labelled such that together they can act according to the FRET-Hybprobe detection format as disclosed above ( WO 97/46707 ; WO 97/46712 ; WO 97/46714 ).
  • FRET pair is defined as a pair of fluorescent labels that act together to create a FRET process, i.e. it consists of a FRET donor moiety and a FRET acceptor moiety.
  • the design of a hybridization reagent or multiple hybridization reagents is also performed on the basis of all available sequence information with regard to the pre-selected target nucleic acid sequences to be amplified and detected as well as with regard to the homologous sequences of those pathogenic bacteria, which shall not be detected. More precisely, the sequences of the hybridization reagent(s) are selected in such a way that there is maximum sequence complementarity with respect to all target nucleic acid sequences of the selected predetermined group of pathogenic bacteria, and, on the other hand, a minimum sequence complementarity with respect to all homologous nucleic acid sequences of all other non selected Gram positive bacteria or Gram negative bacteria.
  • monitoring of a Polymerase Chain reaction in real time has been performed by means of an approriate hybridization probe, and temperature dependence of hybridization between the probe and the amplified target nucleic acid is monitored and the respective melting temparature is determined.
  • the term "monitoring temperature dependence of hybridization” shall mean that a characteristic of the reaction mixture is monitored for a certain period of time or in intervals, as required for an intended accuracy of the assay, which changes with and is dependent on the dissociation of a hybrid.
  • the characteristic is a signal influenced by the label on the probe and changed upon hybridization of the probe to an amplicon/target.
  • the melting temperature (Tm) of a hybrid is defined as the temperature at which the maximum of a first derivative of the hybridization versus temperature signal plot is reached.
  • the Tm is a characteristic of a hybrid depending upon complementarity of the strands.
  • the annealing temperature of the probe(s) is preferably lower than the melting temperature of the primers used. A change of characteristics will particularly occur at the or around the melting temperature of each hybrid.
  • the melting temperature is determined by the particular hybridization reagent and the corresponding region at each target to which the reagent binds. In particular, in the method of the present invention, the melting temperature is determined, at which the probe is dissociating from the hybridization complex formed with the target nucleic acid/amplicon.
  • the melting temperature is depending on several factors independent from the actual target nucleic acid sequence itself, such as salt concentration, length and GC-content of the probe. Yet in addition, the melting temperature strongly depends on the number of mismatches, i. e. degree of complementarity between the probe and the target sequence. As a consequence, different melting temperatures are obtained for target sequences found in different strains of a distinct species or different species of a distinct genus.
  • said temperature dependence is indicative for the presence of a predetermined subgroup of bacterial pathogen.
  • predetermined sub-group of bacterial pathogen is used to describe a part of the predetermined group of pathogenic organisms.
  • the predetermined subgroup is only a small part of all pathogenic organisms.
  • the members of the group and the subgroup are chosen from one genus.
  • the predetermined group is represented by all pathogenic and clinically relevant members of a genus, a respective sub-group may contain all respective pathogenic members of a certain species.
  • the design of the hybridization reagent needs to take into account that a discrimination of several target sequence variations is possible on the basis of monitoring temperature dependence of hybridization.
  • This particular embodiment of the present invention requires different melting temperatures for hybridization of a hybridization reagent to different target sequence variants originating from different pathogenic bacteria.
  • the sequences of a hybridization reagent according to the invention are designed in such a way that the calculated melting temperatures (calculated by methods known in the art) of the different hybridization reagent/target sequence hybrids differ from each other by at least 2°C, preferably by 4°C and most preferably by at least 6°C.
  • the method according to the new invention is applicable for a variety of clinical samples, which is suspected to contain a pathogenic bacterium.
  • clinical samples are body fluids such as whole blood, serum and cerebrospinal fluid.
  • body fluids such as whole blood, serum and cerebrospinal fluid.
  • Most preferred are whole blood samples, since these samples can be directly analyzed in order to obtain relevant information on the presence or absence of a sepsis event.
  • the method of the invention requires an at least partial purification of the nucleic acid from the original sample.
  • the nucleic acid to be isolated can either RNA or DNA or a mixture thereof.
  • RNA or DNA can be used for the final identification of the pathogenic organism, it is not required that the clinical specimen contains RNA. Therefore, it is not necessary to partially or even completely isolate RNA from the clinical sample.
  • the isolation of DNA from the clinical sample should be as sufficient and complete as necessary to receive a signal with a positive control.
  • the nucleic acids are separated from proteins, sugars and salts present in the original sample.
  • Any purification method known in the art may be used in the context of the present invention.
  • methods are applied which result in an essentially complete purification of the total DNA to be analyzed from other components of the clinical sample.
  • purification should be performed to such an extend that without any further substantial dilution, nucleic acid sequences in aliquots of the specimen can successfully be amplified in an in-vitro amplification, such as PCR.
  • any compounds substantially inhibiting polymerases are removed from the nucleic acids.
  • Particularly useful methods of nucleic acid isolation are disclosed in WO 96/41811 .
  • the result of said at least partial puification usually is a fluid comprising nucleic acids from the original clinical sample and in addition reagents added during the isolation step, like buffers.
  • the clinical specimen or a part thereof are subjected to one or more amplification reactions.
  • the amplification and detection reactions can comprise one or more steps. Both, amplification and detection reactions are known in the art.
  • the amplification is done using an in-vitro method, preferably PCR ( EP 0 201 184 ). In the following, reference is made to PCR, but it is understood that other in-vitro methods are suitable, too.
  • the result of the amplification reaction is the production of a large number of extension products of said primers, predominantly having a sequence reaching from the 5'-terminal position of one primer to the 5'-terminal position of the other primer.
  • Those nucleic acids produced are usually called "amplicons”.
  • control template comprises a known sequence with primer binding sites complementary to at least one set of amplification primers used for amplification of the target nucleic sequences to be detected. Consequently, said set of amplification primers is also capable of priming amplification of said selected sequence of the control template. Details of using internal standards, particularly for quantification, are disclosed in EP 0 497 784 .
  • the method according to the invention is performed using an aliquot of a clinical specimen which has a volume of between 10 and 100 ⁇ l.
  • the method of the present invention can be performed with a sufficient sensitivity, if only a small amount of a clinical sample such as whole blood or serum is available.
  • a pre-amplification step according to WO 01/94634 may be performed, characterized in that selectively non-human DNA sequences are selectively amplified.
  • LightCyclerTM with Software version 4.49 (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Germany) The commercially available instrument was modified in such a way that the rotor was adapted to hold 100 ⁇ l capillaries.
  • the fluorimeter of said instrument was altered in such a way that it was composed of 4 instead of 3 photohybrids, and fluorescence emission could be detected at 610 nm, 640 nm, 670 nm and 705 nm.
  • oligonucleotides mentioned herein were prepared by chemical synthesis.
  • the reagents for attaching labels can be purchased from Roche Diagnostics GmbH (LightCycler Red 640 NHS Ester Cat.No. 2015161; LightCycler Red 705 Phosphoramidite Cat. No. 2157594; LightCycler Fluorescein (abbreviated ⁇ F' in the following) CPG Cat. No. 3113906). The use of those reagents is described in Biochemica No. 1 (2001), p. 8-13 .
  • Cy5-NHS Ester can be obtained from Amersham upon request.
  • LC-Red 610-NHS ester has an emission maximum at 610 nm and was synthesized according to standard protocols using a fluorescent dye as disclosed in US 5,750,409 .
  • FastStart polymerase and FastStart Master were generally used as recommended in the LightCycler-FastStart-DNA Master Hybridization Probes Kit (Roche Diagnostics GmbH Cat.No. 2239272).
  • a reaction mix was prepared as follows: Reagent Used volume Final concentration 10 x LC-FastStart DNA Master 10 ⁇ l Taq DNA Polymerase, reaction buffer Hybridization Probe reagent 1mM MgCl 2 , dNTPs MgCl 2 (25 mM) 10 ⁇ l 3.0mM UNG(1U/ ⁇ l) 1 ⁇ l 2U Primer Enterococ FP (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 2.5 ⁇ l 0.5 ⁇ m Primer Enterococ RP (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 2.5 ⁇ l 0.5 ⁇ M Primer StaphP30 (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 2.5 ⁇ l 0.5 ⁇ M Primer StaphP31rev (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 2.5 ⁇ l 0.5 ⁇ M Staphylococci : Staph Fluos (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 1 ⁇ l 0.2 ⁇ M Staphylococci : Staph Red640 (20 pmol/ ⁇ l) 1
  • a LightCycler-run was performed using the following thermocycling and melting temperature profile: Cycles time (sec) Temp (°C) Slope(°C) Denaturation 1 600 95°C 20 Amplification 10 10 95 20 25 60 20 50 72 20 Amplification 35 10 95 20 25 50 20 10 72 20 Melting curve 1 60 95 20 60 40 20 0 80 0.1 Cooling 1 30 40 20
  • Results are summarized in scattered blot of figure 1 , indicating the Cp values (cycle number) obtained for a group of samples from patients suffering from a Staphylococcus infection confirmed by blood culture analysis, a group of samples from patients suffering from a Staphylococcus infection which was not confirmed by blood culture analysis, and a control group of samples isolated from healthy donors.
  • Cp values cycle number
  • cp-values are a measure of the initial pathogenic load in a given sample.
  • Results are summarized in scattered blot of figure 2 , indicating the Cp values (cycle number) obtained for a group of samples from patients suffering from an Enterococcus infection confirmed by blood culture analysis, and a group of samples from patients putatively suffering from an Enterococcus infection which was not confirmed by blood culture analysis

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  1. Procédé pour analyser la présence d'un genre et d'une espèce d'un agent pathogène bactérien dans un échantillon clinique, comprenant les étapes consistant à
    - isoler, au moins partiellement, un acide nucléique à partir dudit échantillon, caractérisé en ce que ledit acide nucléique est choisi dans un groupe constitué par de l'acide nucléique total, de l'ADN total ou de l'ARN total
    - quantifier la quantité d'acide nucléique comprenant la région espaceur d'ADNr 16S/23S ou une de partie de celle-ci qui est spécifique du genre dudit agent pathogène bactérien, dans lequel ladite étape de quantification de la quantité dudit acide nucléique est effectuée au moyen d'une réaction en chaîne par polymérase qui est suivie en temps réel en utilisant une sonde d'hybridation choisie de telle manière qu'il existe une complémentarité de séquence maximale par rapport à toutes les séquences d'acides nucléiques cibles dudit genre dudit agent pathogène bactérien, dans lequel un signal seuil défini est déterminé pour toutes les réactions à analyser et le nombre de cycles (Cp) nécessaire pour atteindre cette valeur seuil est déterminé pour l'acide nucléique cible, ainsi que pour les acides nucléiques de référence, dans lequel les nombres de copies absolu ou relatif de la molécule cible sont déterminés sur la base des valeurs de Cp obtenues pour l'acide nucléique cible et l'acide nucléique de référence,
    - déterminer si ladite quantité d'acide nucléique comprenant la région espaceur d'ADNr 16S/23S ou une partie de celle-ci qui est spécifique dudit agent pathogène bactérien dépasse une première valeur seuil prédéterminée, dans lequel la classe de données dépassant ladite valeur seuil pour la quantité d'acide nucléique qui est détectée quantitativement est clairement indicatrice d'une infection pathogène
    - déterminer si ladite quantité d'acide nucléique comprenant la région espaceur d'ADNr 16S/23S ou une partie de celle-ci qui est spécifique dudit genre dudit agent pathogène bactérien reste sous une deuxième valeur seuil prédéterminée, dans lequel la classe de données qui restent sous ladite deuxième valeur seuil est indicatrice de l'absence ou de la non-confirmation d'une infection pathogène, de telle sorte qu'une classe de données restant sous ladite deuxième valeur seuil est clairement indicatrice de l'absence d'une infection pathogène, la deuxième classe de données dépassant ladite deuxième valeur seuil mais restant sous ladite première valeur seuil représente ces cas, où une infection pathogène est non confirmée mais par ailleurs ne peut pas non plus être exclue,
    ladite réaction en chaîne par polymérase qui est suivie en temps réel, comprenant en outre l'étape de
    - surveillance de la dépendance de la température de l'hybridation entre la sonde et l'acide nucléique cible amplifié, ladite dépendance de la température étant indicatrice de la présence d'une espèce au sein dudit genre dudit agent pathogène bactérien.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit échantillon clinique est le sang total.
  3. Procédé selon les revendications 1 à 2, dans lequel ledit agent pathogène bactérien spécifique est choisi dans un groupe constitué par les staphylocoques coagulase-négatifs et les entérocoques.
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